Obama to announce gun plans Wednesday — President Obama will unveil his gun violence proposals at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday at the White House, according to people who have been briefed on the event. — Obama has invited gun control groups and members of Congress to the White House Wednesday …

Biden: W.H. eying 19 executive actions on guns — The White House has identified 19 executive actions for President Barack Obama to move unilaterally on gun control, Vice President Joe Biden told a group of House Democrats on Monday, the administration's first definitive statements …

Schumer to back Hagel as defense secretary — Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced his support Tuesday for the nomination of former senator Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, delivering a key vote for the Nebraska Republican's confirmation after weeks of voicing doubt about his positions …

President Congeniality talks tough — “I'm a pretty friendly guy,” President Obama said near the end of his White House news conference Monday afternoon. — The claim might have been a touch more plausible if he hadn't spent the bulk of the previous hour demonstrating just how adversarial he could be.

Debt debate: No easy path to avoid chaos — If you thought the fiscal cliff was bad, just wait for the triple threat. — The White House and Congress are facing three critical deadlines — the country hits its debt limit as early as mid-February, $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts …

House GOP Leaders Consider Four-Year Debt Limit Deal — With the administration's debt ceiling deadline fast approaching, House Republican leaders are considering a four-year debt limit increase that would take the issue off the table for the rest of President Barack Obama's presidency.

Harry Reid: The Assault Weapons Ban Is Probably Doomed — The Democratically-controlled U.S. Senate will not be a free-for-all of new gun regulations following the shooting at Sandy Hook, according to Majority Leader Harry Reid. Instead, Senators will focus on passing legislation …

Averting Default, Achieving Restraint — The federal government will hit the statutory limit on its debt within the next two months, and further borrowing would require congressional action. Almost everybody recognizes that such action will need to take place, since no one has proposed a way to end all deficit spending immediately.

On humanity, a big failure in Aaron Swartz case — If it was beyond scandalous that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines for downloading a bunch of obscure academic treatises without a subscription, it is beyond tragic that he is now dead.

Jon Huntsman Can't Stop Talking About The Republican Party — The Republican gadfly and No Labels crusader says he's only trying to help. “I'd say we take about 2 percent of the media requests that come in. Really.” — Jon Huntsman speaks to BuzzFeed staff Monday. — Image by Macey Foronda for BuzzFeed

The Age of Administrative Excess — by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force) — Why is the federal government locking unwilling citizens into Medicare? — Earlier this month …

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